Deaf Interactions

You will use the other form to submit your others. You MUST rename the document, and include your name, such as Kellyinteractions.com. Your responses will be submitted in the worksheet, and you can write as much as you want in the worksheet. Document your hours as they occur.

Interactions:
During the course of the semester/term, students are expected to participate in at least 12 hours of language, and cultural observations and experiences to augment their coursework. These hours are actual observation and participation times and do not include travel times.

o A portion of the 12 hours must be conducted in either the online or on-campus Language Lab working with the Language Mentor. Every time you meet with the Language Mentor (LM), you may count it as one/half hour, even if you meet less time than that. You may not count more than 3 hours in this section. You will include your meetings with the LM under this and you must document what you learned. ASL 1141 requires 6 times meeting.
o At least one hour must be an interaction with a Deaf individual but to get your twelve hours, you may do more. The interactions can be one on one with Deaf people but can also be a structured, such as a planned event at the school or out in your community. This can include the Silent Lunches at Troy and silent dinners. All students will have at least 1 interaction involving sign language during ASL 1, but will be responsible for 12 hours of other events or activities, which involve sign language.

Examples of Interactions:

Troy Silent Lunch Deaf Sporting events
Out to eat Silent Dinners
Study sessions Local Coffee Nights
Church Talking/Chatting/Hanging out
At work/school Workshops
Silent Weekends

o You may watch ASL Vlogs. These are signed Blogs. You may watch up to 4 Vlogs and each Vlog is worth 0.5 hours. Your learning will be about the topic itself, or what you noticed about the way people sign and facial expressions. You do not have to necessarily understand what is being signed. You will need to submit the URL to get credit. URLs are available for you to watch in the folder under Deaf Interactions. (ONLY ASL 1 ALLOWS THIS)
o Observation of Deaf people telling stories, or interactions on line. You may visit
Oicmovies.com
D-pan (https://www.d-pan.org/index.php/d-pan-feature-galleries/video-galleries)
(Make sure you are not watching hearing people signing.)

o Watching interpreters MAY NOT be counted or considered as interaction hours.

o Movies watched: Every movie watched is worth 1 hour. You must answer the questions on your observation form. Movies that will be accepted to watch for interaction credit:

Through Deaf Eyes 200 years of Deaf Life in American
Sound and Fury if you could make your deaf child hear, would you?
Love is Never Silent a woman deals with her parents Deafness
while trying to have a life with her husband and child.
Children of a Lesser God the story between a speech teacher and a
Deaf woman.
Mr. Holland\’s Opus a man who is a musician and composer, who also
has a Deaf son.
Amy a woman leaves her husband after the death of her child to teach
Deaf children.
Bridge to Silence A Deaf woman puts her life together by joining a Deaf
Theatre group.
Beyond Silence – a look at the rift that develops between a young girl
and her deaf parents as her interest in the clarinet grows.
In the Land of the Deaf a documentary featuring Deaf people living in a
French town.
Johnny Belinda – a doctor\’s efforts to tutor a deaf woman are undermined
when she is raped, and the resulting pregnancy causes scandal.
Crazy Moon – an emotionally stunted young man, who meets a
beautiful Deaf girl.

o 6 hours may be suggested by the student with the instructors approval.
o If you are able to, and it fits your level, you may attend a workshop and get credit. Students will be required to provide evidence of participation (signatures of presenters on an official program, certificates of completion, etc.)
o Observation and participation hours are to be unique (for those enrolled in more than one course in the ASL and ITP/EDU courses, 12 hours must be participated in for each course enrolled.) Additionally, other ASL/ITP courses and coursework does not qualify.

You will use the worksheet to document your hours and ensure that you have the required amount.
Go to https://groups.yahoo.com/group and sign up under Sign Language and your city or state to find a listserve or group in your area to find events, or google your city and add the words deaf events to find events.

You will then send your interactions to me via the Deaf Interactions button. The interactions Worksheet can be submitted anytime before Week 9.

I have attached the observation form. You can see where I added the gender, age and the hours. You can make up the signs and what we talked about. Make sure you do not leave out any details. You also have to watch a couple of videos to complete this assignment.

Let me know if you have any questions.
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